{"product_id":"the-flimflam-man-9780374423452","title":"The Flimflam Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a scorching July day in 1950, a fabulous fat man drives into Wetumka, Oklahoma. F. Bam Morrison is selling tickets to Bohn's United Circus Shows, and the townspeople are buying--all, that is, except ol' man Swank, who says F. Bam Morrison is a two-faced weasel. Smitten with Morrison, ten-year-old Bobbie Jo Hailey--and mean Clara Jean Knox, whom she befriends--unwittingly joins the effort to bamboozle Wetumka. When Bobbie Jo realizes her mistake, Morrison is on his way out of town, leaving her disappointed but intact--and greatly enriched by her relationship with the flimflam man. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLovingly illustrated by Eileen Christelow, Darleen Bailey Beard's delightful story is based on a real episode in Wetumka's history, still celebrated annually as Sucker Day!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarleen Bailey Beard\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eTwister \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Babbs Switch Story\u003c\/i\u003e, lives in Tuttle, Oklahoma. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEileen Christelow\u003c\/b\u003e has written and\/or illustrated many books for children. She lives in Dummerston, Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410772824338,"sku":"9780374423452","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e99a385b-8977-453d-afe3-86a8f5516ab5.jpg?v=1729307079","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-flimflam-man-9780374423452","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}